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now is the time to be truly innovative. now is the time to embrace new ideas. and now is the time to be bold. pennsylvanians deserve this from us now. every one of us has come here to make things better for all pennsylvanians. nobody in this room ran for -- at least i believe that. nobody in this room ran for office on a promise to keep harrisburg the way it is. nobody displayed a campaign bumper sticker that read: "vote for me i want to keep harrisburg the same." no one ran on the promise to bind harrisburg to the status quo. we all come from different backgrounds, various philosophies, but we share the common goal of a better pennsylvania. our job isn't to explain why things can't be better. our obligation is to make things better. we ran on the promise to change harrisburg. leave it to the historians to write our history. our job is to make history now. public education is entering an -- and so let me talk about education. public education is entering an era of transformation. ageless subjects math, reading and science have seen new strides in how we teach t
now is the time to be truly innovative. now is the time to embrace new ideas. and now is the time to be bold. pennsylvanians deserve this from us now. every one of us has come here to make things better for all pennsylvanians. nobody in this room ran for -- at least i believe that. nobody in this room ran for office on a promise to keep harrisburg the way it is. nobody displayed a campaign bumper sticker that read: "vote for me i want to keep harrisburg the same." no one ran on the...
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we have waited a long time to get started. you're already seen the arctic melts and their colleagues in 190 countries at 350.org tell us every day about some new drought or flood. the easiest answers are no longer enough. we're going back to start taking a tough decisions. hole, stopre in a wh digging. above all, stop the keystone pipeline. the president can do that with a single stroke of his pen. if he does, he will become the first world leader to veto a project because it is bad for the climate. [applause] that -- that -- would be a legacy and a signal to the rest of the world. we will keep making our case. we will follow him and the secretary of state iran the country. as bringing goes on, we will unite that fight with a focus on all of the others we still need to get to. as summer comes on, this will just pick up. i want everyone to circle those days at the end of july that are on average the hottest every year. we're going to try to make them hot politically, too, this year. maybe we set aside a few dollars each week fo
we have waited a long time to get started. you're already seen the arctic melts and their colleagues in 190 countries at 350.org tell us every day about some new drought or flood. the easiest answers are no longer enough. we're going back to start taking a tough decisions. hole, stopre in a wh digging. above all, stop the keystone pipeline. the president can do that with a single stroke of his pen. if he does, he will become the first world leader to veto a project because it is bad for the...
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we'll need more time on this one. the second point i want to make is that the feature of the financial system that is in most need of further attention and regulatory action is that of nondeposit short-term financing. my greatest concern is with those parts of the so-called shadow banking system that are susceptible to destabilizing funding runs, something that is more likely where the recipients of the short-term funding are highly leveraged, engaged in substantial maturity transformation, or both. it was just these kinds of runs that precipitated the most acute phase of the financial crisis that the chairman referred to a few moments ago. we need to continue to assess the vulnerabilities posed by this kind of funding while recognizing that many forms of short-term funding play important roles in credit intermediation and productive capital market activities. but we should not wait for the emergence of the consensus on comprehensive measures to address these kinds of funding channels. that's why i suggest in my writt
we'll need more time on this one. the second point i want to make is that the feature of the financial system that is in most need of further attention and regulatory action is that of nondeposit short-term financing. my greatest concern is with those parts of the so-called shadow banking system that are susceptible to destabilizing funding runs, something that is more likely where the recipients of the short-term funding are highly leveraged, engaged in substantial maturity transformation, or...
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court, nyu, new york university is appointed state at the same time you're -- they invested in an aerial in the cayman islands open ended investment company created to be used for united states tax exempted investors. nonprofit sometimes seek to avoid paying taxes on unrelated is this income through offshore vehicles like funds in the cayman islands. while you are the executive, did nyu of investment in the cayman islands avoid taxes on unrelated business expenses? if so, how many did nyu invested in the caymans? >> when i was at nyu, was not aware of any policy to invest in a manner that you describe. i was involved in discussions about making sure that the endowment should have as good a return as possible. we wanted to have a diverse portfolio that would help the university get income. >> i will close with this conclusion since you are unaware of it. i take your word for it. it is certainly a poor reflection if you do not know about these investments. you're paid over $800,000 more than the president of nyu to know what was going on and i'm surprised you do not know. thank you, mr. ch
court, nyu, new york university is appointed state at the same time you're -- they invested in an aerial in the cayman islands open ended investment company created to be used for united states tax exempted investors. nonprofit sometimes seek to avoid paying taxes on unrelated is this income through offshore vehicles like funds in the cayman islands. while you are the executive, did nyu of investment in the cayman islands avoid taxes on unrelated business expenses? if so, how many did nyu...
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p we have waited a long time to get started. we've already seen the arctic melt. our colleagues in 191 countries at 350.org tell us every day about some new drought, some new flood because we've waited this long, the easiest answers are no longer enough. we're going to have to start making tough decisions. our theme has to be, when you are in a hole, stop digging. [cheers and applause] >> above all, above all, stop the keystone pipeline! [cheers and applause] >> the president can do that with a single stroke of his pen, and if he does, he will become the first world leader to veto a big project because it's bad for the climate. [cheers and applause] >> that would be a legacy and a signal to the rest of the world, and so we will keep making our case. we'll follow him and the secretary of the state around the country and as the spring goes on, we'll ignite the fight with a focus and all the other holes we're still digs, too. and as summer comes on, this movement will just pick up. i want everybody to circle those days towards the end of july that are on average the
p we have waited a long time to get started. we've already seen the arctic melt. our colleagues in 191 countries at 350.org tell us every day about some new drought, some new flood because we've waited this long, the easiest answers are no longer enough. we're going to have to start making tough decisions. our theme has to be, when you are in a hole, stop digging. [cheers and applause] >> above all, above all, stop the keystone pipeline! [cheers and applause] >> the president can do...